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MMMM Swap
This is a yearly group seed swap event hosted by Tormato.
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MMMM Swap has its own forum!

Last post by pondgardener « Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:18 pm

by pondgardener » Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:18 pm

Due to increased activity of the MMMM Swap topic(s), members looking for information about the upcoming swap can now find that in one dedicated area. If there is a question...

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2024 Monster Mater Madness

Last post by MissS « Fri Sep 27, 2024 12:48 pm
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by MissS » Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:32 pm
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The 2024 Giant Tomato Contest is open.

Come join in on the challenge of growing the biggest Monster Mater on the Junction.

There is a seed offer up for some varieties known...
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Last post by MissS
Fri Sep 27, 2024 12:48 pm
Jardín del Gotch

Last post by Tormato « Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:50 pm
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Committed To The Deep 05/19/2022:

CUKES
*Sweet Success-4
*Diva-2

PEPPERS
*Gypsy-5
*Roulette-3

SQUARSH
*Waltham Butternut Squarsh-10

TOMATOES
*Amish Paste-3...
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Sat Oct 12, 2024 6:50 pm
Purple Rider or Radio Tomato

Last post by 1Halcyon « Sat Oct 12, 2024 5:43 pm
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by NYTomatoNewbie » Mon Dec 11, 2023 1:54 am

Does anyone have any information on a “purple rider” or “radio” tomatoes? I think these are heirlooms. I was given these seeds, but the person who gave them to me does not...

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Sat Oct 12, 2024 5:43 pm
2024 Leap Year Of The BLT!

Last post by Cornelius_Gotchberg « Sat Oct 12, 2024 8:07 am
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Let's face it: We got rooked out of a FULL YEAR to honor the eminently honorable BLT in 2023, so let's do it up right this year.

The Gotch guaran DANG tees many M any MANY...
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Last post by Cornelius_Gotchberg
Sat Oct 12, 2024 8:07 am
How's your weather?

Last post by karstopography « Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:11 pm
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Mine is lousy here in the KC area. It started snowing about 7:00 am and after an hour there's about 1/2 already. We're supposed to get 5 -7 total by Monday morning when the...
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Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:11 pm
MMMM package labels

Last post by MissS « Thu Oct 10, 2024 1:56 pm
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by Tormato » Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:07 pm

There will always be tips that I forget to post, about the swap.

One is putting labels (usually old ones, and their being return address ones) on letters and packages. I...

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Thu Oct 10, 2024 1:56 pm
Lessons from 2024

Last post by AKgardener « Thu Oct 10, 2024 1:36 pm
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by Salaam » Thu Oct 10, 2024 9:27 am

Hello all,

Just thought I'd post some of the lessons I've learned from 2024, in case it might help someone:

1. There's a good reason some people just use tomato cages! I've...

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Last post by AKgardener
Thu Oct 10, 2024 1:36 pm
2024 Season's Largest Tomato From WESconsin!

Last post by MissS « Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:18 am
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by Cornelius_Gotchberg » Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:49 am

Stoughton WES consin's Rick Jolivette grew a 10.2lb/4.63kgs monster.

I'll attempt to contact him for seed AND invite him to be a TJer.

The Gotch

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Last post by MissS
Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:18 am
Hope everyone in the ravaged Helene is ok.

Last post by friedgreen51 « Sun Oct 06, 2024 12:23 pm
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by Kurt » Sat Oct 05, 2024 11:04 am

Any updates from members in the zones?

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Sun Oct 06, 2024 12:23 pm
garden recap 2024: winners, surprises, learning experiences,

Last post by CrazyAboutOrchids « Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:34 am
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by habitat-gardener » Sat Sep 14, 2024 7:16 pm

I just finished shelling some California #5 black-eyed peas, a definite winner. So far I have a pint jar of beans, from an area maybe 3x5, and more are coming. These plants...

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Last post by CrazyAboutOrchids
Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:34 am
Fall abundance!

Last post by Seven Bends « Mon Sep 23, 2024 7:04 pm
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by Seven Bends » Sun Sep 22, 2024 7:59 pm

Well, everything came back to life after temperatures moderated. Rainfall's still in short supply, but we seem to have gotten enough moisture to keep things alive, and now...

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Mon Sep 23, 2024 7:04 pm
It just ain't right

Last post by Tormato « Mon Sep 23, 2024 11:49 am
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by Tormato » Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:47 pm
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I went to the state fair today, and they had vegan corn dogs.

I shall attend again, and try this blasphemous concoction.

To those Wisconsinites who've sensed a shift in...
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Mon Sep 23, 2024 11:49 am
21 Tomato Salsa

Last post by Tormato « Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:06 pm
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by Cornelius_Gotchberg » Thu Sep 12, 2024 6:04 pm

This HAS to be some sorta record, am I right?

BLT ( B acon L ettuce and T his, H/T Tormato ), Big Bubba, Big Lou, Cherokee Carbon, Cornes des Andes**, Dester, Elgin Pink,...

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Fri Sep 13, 2024 9:06 pm
Is this an heirloom? Orange Russian 117

Last post by Sue_CT « Sat Sep 07, 2024 5:39 pm
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by BlackKrim » Sat Aug 31, 2024 6:59 pm
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I am interested in growing an unusual ox heart tom. called Orange Russian 117 , unusual because most oxhearts are not bi coloured. Some people refer to it as an heirloom ....
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Sat Sep 07, 2024 5:39 pm
Earlier Tomatoes From Early Seed Saving?

Last post by GoDawgs « Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:48 pm
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by GoDawgs » Sun Aug 18, 2024 7:36 am

The latest post from Jackie Clay's Backwoods Home blog was in my e-mail this morning. She and her husband have a small garden seed business called Seed Treasures in northern...

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Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:48 pm
The World Tomato Society

Last post by Paulf « Sun Sep 01, 2024 10:58 am
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by MissS » Thu Aug 29, 2024 11:01 pm

For those that are members or those that use The World Tomato Society, they will be closing down as of August 31, 2024.

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Last post by Paulf
Sun Sep 01, 2024 10:58 am
MMMM and EBTKS update

Last post by Tormato « Sun Sep 01, 2024 8:49 am

by Tormato » Sun Sep 01, 2024 8:49 am

I may CHOOSE to be offline for a couple of days. I need to get a package off to Canada, which necessitates my finishing a complete inventory of the current tomato collection....

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Sun Sep 01, 2024 8:49 am
TJ Lets 2024 La Tomatina Slip Past

Last post by Cornelius_Gotchberg « Fri Aug 30, 2024 8:47 am

by Cornelius_Gotchberg » Fri Aug 30, 2024 8:47 am

Two (2) days ago...anyone ever attend?

The Gotch

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Fri Aug 30, 2024 8:47 am
Ukraine Varieties for Themed Garden

Last post by Tormato « Tue Aug 27, 2024 7:30 pm
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by greenthumbomaha » Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:57 am
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I'm looking for suggestions to compile a broad list of varieties of plants (flowers, peppers, melons, etc) originating from the Ukraine, for a themed garden.

I'm planning...
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Last post by Tormato
Tue Aug 27, 2024 7:30 pm
Dancing Green Fingers tomato

Last post by Ginger2778 « Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:11 pm
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by Ginger2778 » Thu Jan 28, 2021 9:49 pm

Anyone know Where to get seeds? A Russian friend of mine is dying to grow this, and I am at a loss for what to tell her. Screenshot_20210128-224649.png

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Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:11 pm
Getting Discouraged With Oblates

Last post by rxkeith « Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:58 pm
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by GoDawgs » Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:25 pm

Radial cracking. Or deeply lobed fruit. I'm tired of having to cut at least a third of the top of oblate tomatoes off and only having the rest to use. The cracking is...

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Last post by rxkeith
Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:58 pm
Beni Kodama watermelon

Last post by GoDawgs « Sun Aug 25, 2024 9:22 am
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by Tormato » Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:41 am

This variety is very early(60?-70 DTM), very small (about 2 pounds), very tasty and VERY seedy. So seedy that it is nearly impossible to eat, as it is. I will try to squeeze...

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Last post by GoDawgs
Sun Aug 25, 2024 9:22 am
Figuring First Frost Date?

Last post by JayneR13 « Wed Aug 21, 2024 12:23 pm
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by GoDawgs » Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:16 am

Someone this morning told me something an old guy told her about when to expect the first frost. You watch for the first foggy morning after Labor Day. Then you count 45 days...

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Last post by JayneR13
Wed Aug 21, 2024 12:23 pm
Short Report on MMMM Pole Bean Progress

Last post by rxkeith « Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:11 pm
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by GoDawgs » Sat Jun 15, 2024 2:18 pm

A short report on progress of five pole beans I got in the MMMM this year and some impressions:

I've noticed something about the Grandma Roberts Purple beans. They were the...

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Last post by rxkeith
Tue Aug 20, 2024 8:11 pm
Mad Poet's Garden 2024 (kenny_j at T'ville)

Last post by Ken4230 « Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:07 am
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by TheMad_Poet » Sat Aug 17, 2024 6:08 am

Tomatoes I grew this year, some new to me, some standard faves. My opinions, premised by the fact that one never knows if their seeds are true. Happens way too often me...

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Sun Aug 18, 2024 1:07 am

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